Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Sharing is caring

Overall, I would say I am a pretty giving person. I'd give up a seat or a close parking spot for the elderly. The shirt off my back if you ask. You get the point.

The one time though I DO have a problem with sharing is when it comes to dessert. I cringe a little on the inside when someone wants to have a bite of the delectable dessert I am trying to eat.

I have eyed Mama Pea's dough ball recipe many times. So many I could probably recite the ingredients by heart. Then she posted a new version of the recipe. Sadly, I had no juicy story to tell nor could I even think of a decent lie to enter her giveaway. I had come to the conclusion it was time to finally make my own.

Oh so delicious. Everything I could have dreamed of. But when it came time to follow through on my idea to share some of these yummy morsels with my coworkers (after I cooked a fresh batch on my lunch break) I couldn't. I'm too greedy.

At least i'll share my recipe.

Adapted from Mama Pea's recipe you can find here.Double Chocolate Peanut Butter Dough BallsServes: Me (hehe just kidding I got about 30 from this batch)

~Preheat oven to 350 degrees.~Beat margarine, peanut butter, sugars and vanilla until fully incorporated.~In a separate bowl, combine baking powder, baking soda, salt, cocoa powder & flours.~Add dry mixture to the "wet" ingredients in 3 stages. Mix until you have a dough.~Add chocolate chips. Combine & chill for 30 minutes.~Scoop dough with a large soup spoon and place balls on a cookie sheet.~Bake for 10-12 minutes. Remove from oven and let rest/cool before trying to eat them all.

I thought i'd be less tempted to eat them if I cooked them in small batches. Too bad I ate the raw dough as I was making them :) I suggest cooking them in 1 batch though as they were a little too crumbly by bake time #3. It's all good though, a splash of almond milk and they were morphed from dough ball to tender "normal" cookie.

Once I came to my senses that I wasn't being "nice" I took some dough balls to work to share. One for each of my coworkers.